Fulgencio Zúñiga (; born July 23, 1977) is a Colombian
professional boxer
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and former
IBO super middleweight
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Boxing
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champion.
Early career
Fulgencio Zúñiga made his first national appearance in 1997 in the 48th National Boxing Tournament held in the city of
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander Department, Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and is the ninth most populous city i ...
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Santander, where he claimed the gold medal in the super middleweight division. In the same year of 1997 he participated in the following tournaments:
*13th Bolivarian Games. Arequipa, Peru. Gold Medalist.
*Central American Boxing Championship. Tijuana, Mexico. Silver Medalist.
*4th Pan-American Boxing Championship. MedellÃn, Colombia.
During 1998 and 1999 Fulgencio Zúñiga continued his impressive amateur boxing career by winning the 49th National Boxing Tournament held in
Santa Marta
Santa Marta (), officially the Distrito TurÃstico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (), is a port List of cities in Colombia, city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fou ...
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Magdalena, thus becoming a two-time national champion. Then he represented
Colombia
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in the following championships:
*6th South American Games (a.k.a. Odesur Games). Cuenca, Ecuador. Gold Medalist.
*Roberto Balado Cup. Havana, Cuba. Bronze Medalist.
*6th South American Championship. Quito, Ecuador.
*Córdoba CardÃn Tournament. Havana, Cuba.
Professional
Zúñiga turned pro on February 11, 2001, when he faced Manuel Cabarcas in
Barranquilla
Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a popul ...
, scoring a TKO in round one. From March 2001 to November 2002 he faced fourteen opponents, all of whom were knocked out in the first rounds. On June 28, 2003, he faced Daniel Santos of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who eventually outpointed the Colombian fighter. Then Zúñiga faced better opponents, such as former IBC middleweight champion José Luis Zertuche; three-time middleweight championship challenger Antwun Echols; New Yorker George Walton, and highly regarded Kelly Pavlik. After defeating Zúñiga, "The Ghost" Pavlik said: "This is the toughest fight I have ever fought. I don’t know if anyone in the middleweight division could fight this guy
úñigaat this pace."
Professional boxing record (incomplete)
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[Fulgencio Zúñiga's Professional Boxing Record](_blank)
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Yuniel Dorticos
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Alejandro Berrio
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Thomas Oosthuizen
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Alejandro Berrio
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Professional career
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Tavoris Cloud
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Lucian Bute
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Antwun Echols
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Kelly Pavlik
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zuniga, Fulgencio
1977 births
Living people
Colombian male boxers
Middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from Cauca Department